Globest Sectors

Neil Johnson, founder and CEO of Provender Partners, recently shared his insights into COVID-related food supply chain challenges as well as reorganization solutions to help consumers during unprecedented conditions.

There are clear, actionable changes property owners and facility managers can implement today to save money tomorrow, recouping some of the lost costs from COVID, according to Matt Ganser of Carbon Lighthouse.

J.C. Penney would reorganize into a new retailer and the REIT that would collect rent checks from the retail business.

"Their responses suggest a sense of optimism, and a hope that—despite the slowdown—things will revert to business as usual," the CommercialCafe blog reported about its survey.

The low-income housing sector won't be greatly affected and will recover quicker than other real estate categories.

The MSCI now recognizes ground leases as an eligible property type, and Safehold is the first company in the category.

Retail loan defaults are expected to keep climbing "substantially" as brick-and-mortar stores "have been dealt a brutal blow by the pandemic," a May 13 report said.

But, the market will perform better than it did during the last recession because of a more thoughtful approach to development this cycle.